Reservoir

Definitions

1. A place where anything is kept in store.
2. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Darebin, Victoria, Australia
3. A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
4. A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
5. A supply or source of something.
6. A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species.
7. A "black box" component that receives an input signal to be read out and mapped by another process, as part of reservoir computing.

Equivalents

40 more languages

العربيةالخزانجابيةحوضخزانفنطاس+ 2 more

Azərbaycan dilihövzə

Беларускаявадасховішчасхо́вішча

Българскисклад

Bosanskiambarcisternadepoprešarezervoarрезервоарсклад+ 4 more

Catalàembassament

Češtinanádržzásobárna

Cymraegcronfa

Ελληνικάδεξαμενήστέρναυδροταμιευτήρας

Suomiallasjärvipatoallasreservoaaritekoallastekojärvivarasto+ 4 more

Galegoalxibebanzadocanfurnacisternaencalcoencoropresarepresatostavaira+ 7 more

हिन्दीकोशजलाशयटंकी

Hrvatskiambarcisternadepoprešarezervoarрезервоарсклад+ 4 more

Magyartártárolóvíztározó

Հայերենջրամբար

Bahasa Indonesiabuzemcadanganpenampunganreservoirtandonwaduk+ 3 more

Italianobacinoinvaso

日本語貯水池

ქართულიწყალსაცავი

Қазақ тілісуқойма

한국어수당저수지

Kurdîdeporezervtar

Latinacisternaexceptoriumlacus

Latviešuūdenskrātuve

Македонскирезервоар

Bahasa Melayutakungan

Nederlandsreservoirstuwmeer

Polskiakwennalewkarezerwuarzalewzalewowyzbiornik+ 3 more

Portuguêsbarragemreservatório

Românărezervor

Русскийводоёмводохранилищерезервуархранилище+ 1 more

Slovenčinanádrž

Shqiprezervuarujëmbledhës

Српскиambarcisternadepoprešarezervoarрезервоарсклад+ 4 more

Svenskareservoar

ไทยอ่างเก็บน้ำ

Türkçeambardepohaznemahzenrezervrezervuarsarnıç+ 4 more

Українськаводо́ймаводо́ймищеводосхо́вищезбірникрезервуа́рсхо́вище+ 3 more

اردوحوض

Tiếng Việtkho

Examples

“Notwithstanding the way in which she had, in what she termed "the delicacy of her feelings," contrived to pour⟳ the receipts of the fancy fair into one reservoir, the duke and several other persons complimented Lady Anne very much on the superior beauty and value of her articles,...”

“The vehicle is fitted with Westinghouse electro-pneumatic brake, and also a Northey exhauster with vacuum chamber and auxiliary reservoir adjacent to the guard's compartment for use⟳ when hauling vehicles equipped with vacuum brake gear.”

“Within a printer cartridge, ink is typically stored in an ink reservoir and is deposited onto media through a print⟳ head.”

“To replace⟳ them and also to provide⟳ a reservoir for relief trains, a certain amount of spare⟳ stock⟳ must be kept on hand.”

“The goal is to draw⟳ on reservoirs of strength that defy rational thought, so you can wrench your poor, obsessed spirit away from work⟳ and orient it toward stuff that matters.”

“Bats host⟳ many high-profile viruses that can infect⟳ humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study⟳ explored the ecological variables that may contribute⟳ to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order⟳ of common reservoir hosts: rodents.”

CEFR level